Basel, Council. 1431-49. Conciliarism vs Papal Authority. Felix V appointed Antipope.

Basel, Peace. 1499. Holy Roman Empire grants Swiss independence.

Basel, Treaty. 1795. Prussia, France exchange Rhine territories.

Basel, Treaty. 1795. Spain cedes Santo Domingo to France.

Basil I. 813-886. Byzantine Emperor, 867-. Defeated Arabs. New Golden Age. Founded Macedonian dynasty.

Basil II. 958-1025. Byzantine Emperor 960-. Slayer of Bulgars.

Bassano. 1796. Victory of Napoleon over the Austrians.

Bassein, Treaty. 1802. Indian alliance with British East India Company leads to second Maratha War.

Bassi, Agostino. 1773-1856. Italian microscopist: contagion by microbes.

Bastille. 1370. Paris fortified residence for Charles V, became a state prison, arsenal 1397. Stormed July 14, 1789. Symbolic overthrow of monarch’s power. Lettres de Cachet.

Bateau-Lavoir. 1900. Paris birthplace of cubism (Picasso, Braque) and modern poetry (Jacob, Apollinaire, Orlan). Desmoiselles d’Avignon.

Bates, W. 1825-92. English naturalist. Supported Darwin with mimicry evidence.

Bathory, Elizabeth. -1614. Hungarian Countess. Bathed in blood of 600 young girls to rejuvenate.

Batista, Fulgencio. 1901-73. Authoritarian Cuban right-wing dictator 1933-4, 52-8. Toppled by Castro.

Battenberg. Family name anglicized to Mountbatten.

Baudelaire, Charles. 1821-67. French modernist poet: Fleurs du Mal 1857. Influenced Symbolists.

Baudin, Alphonse. 1811-51. French deputy, killed on the Barricades. Republican martyr.

Bauer, Sebastian. 1822-75. Invented submarine, 1850. First underwater photography.

Bavaria. Celts. 15BC Rome. 488 Germanic tribes. 555 Franks. 788 Charlemagne...817 E Franks. 10C Duchy in HRE. 1180 Wittelsbach. 1805 Kingdom. 1871 German Empire. 1918 Republic. 1919 Weimar Republic. 1933 Germany. 1949 W Germany.

Bay of Pigs. 1961. CIA-financed Cuban invasion by exiles fails. Cuban Missile Crisis.

Bayard, Pierre. 1476-1524. French knight in Italian wars. “The fearless and blameless knight.”

Bayer, Johann. 1572-1625. German astronomer. Star charts, 1603, include magnitude Greek symbols.

Bayeux Tapestry. c1104. 70 meter illustration of Norman Conquest of England.

Bayle, Pierre. 1647-1706. French religious sceptic: Dictionnaire Historique et Critique 1697.

Baylen, Battle. 1808. Spanish mob defeats French army, humiliating Napoleon.

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